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Web standards gain voice

Web developers are being called on for feedback, after the release of a speech recognition grammar from the World Wide Web Consortium. Read more »

WaSP releases Acid3

The Web Standards Project (WaSP) has released Acid3, a test to detect any shortcomings in the implementation of established web standards in web browsers. Read more »

IE8 passes the acid test

The next version of Internet Explorer, IE8, has passed the Acid2 test, which has historically been one of the toughest Web standards and compliance tests to pass. Read more »

Language barriers may stifle Web future

The lack of backwards compatibility between the Web scripting language XHTML 2.0 and its HTML predecessors could make billions of Web pages obsolete, experts fear. Read more »

Mozilla warns on Adobe, Microsoft hidden Web agenda

Companies building Web sites should beware of proprietary rich-media technologies like Adobe's Flash and Microsoft's Silverlight, the founder of Mozilla Europe has warned. Read more »

New Java development tools released

Sun Microsystems this week released a new version of its Java software development tool with support for Web services. Read more »

Firefox 3.1 beta now available

A new testing version of the Firefox web browser, Firefox 3.1 beta 1, is now available for download from Mozilla. Read more »

W3C adds a touch of Sparql to Web 2.0

Supporters of the Sparql query language say using the Web without it would be like 'trying to use a relational database without SQL' Read more »

Microsoft discloses some IE 7 plans

Microsoft finally told Web developers what they've wanted to hear for years, promising support for graphics and style sheet standards. Read more »

Microsoft blamed for Google Docs flaw threat

Google has fixed a flaw in Google Docs that allowed an attacker to hijack sessions on any Google service — but security experts say that the real damage is being caused by Internet Explorer, not Google's technology. Read more »

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Testing Web applications with multiple browsers

One of the messier aspects of delivering Web applications to the Internet is comprehensive testing to ensure a consistent user experience with different browsers. Here's a look at various avenues for proper application testing. Read more »

IBM to Sun: free Java

Big Blue heavyweight Bob wants Sun's Java to be open-sourced and ultimately turned into a standard. Read more »

A developer's look at IE7

With an overwhelming share of the browser market, Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) cannot be ignored. This candidate release gives you the opportunity to be proactive and identify any problems that may arise with your applications as viewed in the new browser. Read more »

When will Microsoft fully embrace Web standards?

I recently revisited the issue of using Web standards when working with Microsoft SharePoint 2007 and Outlook 2007. The products' lack of adherence to Web standards was surprising given the advancements incorporated in Internet Explorer 7. Read more »

Patent fight holds up Web standards

The issue over the use of patented technology, which may require royalties being paid, in Web standards is threatening to hold up talks about the future of Web design. Read more »

Should web developers keep up with browser statistics?

This article explains why developers may want to keep up with web browser statistics and describes where to find this information. It also discusses how browser market share impacts your development work. Read more »

Check out these Web development tools from Microsoft

Many are often overwhelmed by the number of development tools and options streaming out of Redmond. Here's a rundown of the current Microsoft products that are available for building Web-based applications. Read more »

Firefox 3 offers numerous features for developers

Firefox's support for customisation and standards, along with plenty of add-ons, has made it a favorite among developers. Read more »

Developing an HTML-formatted mail message

The task of including HTML in e-mail is not so simple as it seems, Tony Patton runs through some tips. Read more »

Developer Spotlight: Gian Sampson-Wild

Gian Sampson-Wild is an accessibilty expert and one of the speakers at this year's Web Directions conference to held in Sydney this year. Builder AU interviewed Gian via email prior to the commencement of Web Directions to talk about accessibility, how to make it a part of the development process and where to from here. Read more »

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Aussie Web design awards open

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Looking for recognition of your team's hot design skills? The McFarlane Prize is one of Australia's most premier industry awards for Web designers and is open for nominations until August 31. Read more »

Spry Game

Lana Kovacevic [blogs:webanatomy] -- At this year's Adobe WebDU conference in Sydney, Greg Rewis gave a presentation on Spry 1.6, the AJAX framework. Read more »

Web continues to stagnate

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- If you are in the Internet Explorer development team, you are faced with a conundrum -- the choice is either break the Web or give standards compatibility a lower priority. Read more »

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  • Staff Crying, mooning and leaving

    In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Brendon Chase Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

    Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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